2017–18 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2017–18 Montreal Canadiens season was the 109th season for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909, and their 101st in the National Hockey League.[1] For the second time in the past three seasons, the Canadiens failed to make the playoffs.

2017–18 Montreal Canadiens
Division	6th Atlantic
Conference	14th Eastern
2017–18 record	29–40–13
Home record	18–14–9
Road record	11–26–4
Goals for	209
Goals against	264
Team information
General manager	Marc Bergevin
Coach	Claude Julien
Captain	Max Pacioretty
Alternate captains	Brendan Gallagher Tomas Plekanec (Oct-Feb) Shea Weber
Arena	Bell Centre
Average attendance	21,302
Minor league affiliate(s)	Laval Rocket (AHL) Brampton Beast (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brendan Gallagher (31)
Assists	Jonathan Drouin (33)
Points	Brendan Gallagher (54)
Penalty minutes	Nicolas Deslauriers (55)
Plus/minus	Nicolas Deslauriers (+7)
Wins	Carey Price (16)
Goals against average	Antti Niemi (2.46)

Standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	54	23	5	48	296	236	+60	113
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	50	20	12	47	270	214	+56	112
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	49	26	7	42	277	232	+45	105
4	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
5	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
6	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
7	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference.

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
2	ME	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97
3	AT	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
5	ME	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77
7	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
8	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
9	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 19, 2017.[2]

2017 preseason game log: 2–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 18	Montreal	2–3	Boston		—	—	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 20	Washington	4–2	Montreal		Lindgren	21,288	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 21	New Jersey	4–1	Montreal		Price	21,288	0–3–0	Recap
4	September 23	Montreal	1–5	Ottawa		Montoya	14,818	0–4–0	Recap
5^[b]	September 25	Montreal	1–5	Toronto		—	—	0–5–0	Recap
6^[a]	September 27	Toronto	4–2	Montreal		Price	—	0–6–0	Recap
7	September 29	Florida	1–3	Montreal		Lindgren	21,288	1–6–0	Recap
8	September 30	Ottawa	2–9	Montreal		Price	21,288	2–6–0	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec. ^b Game was played at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.[3]

2017–18 game log
October: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 5 Montreal 3–2 Buffalo SO Price 19,070 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 7 Montreal 1–6 Washington Price 18,506 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 8 Montreal 0–2 NY Rangers Price 18,006 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 10 Chicago 3–1 Montreal Price 21,302 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 14 Toronto 4–3 Montreal OT Price 21,302 1–3–1 3 Recap 6 October 17 Montreal 2–5 San Jose Price 17,377 1–4–1 3 Recap 7 October 18 Montreal 1–5 Los Angeles Montoya 18,230 1–5–1 3 Recap 8 October 20 Montreal 2–6 Anaheim Price 17,174 1–6–1 3 Recap 9 October 24 Florida 1–5 Montreal Price 21,302 2–6–1 5 Recap 10 October 26 Los Angeles 4–0 Montreal Price 21,302 2–7–1 5 Recap 11 October 28 NY Rangers 4–5 Montreal Price 21,302 3–7–1 7 Recap 12 October 30 Montreal 8–3 Ottawa Montoya 15,069 4–7–1 9 Recap
November: 8–5–2 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 2 Montreal 3–6 Minnesota Price 18,924 4–8–1 9 Recap 14 November 4 Montreal 5–4 Winnipeg OT Montoya 15,321 5–8–1 11 Recap 15 November 5 Montreal 2–0 Chicago Lindgren 21,871 6–8–1 13 Recap 16 November 7 Vegas 2–3 Montreal Lindgren 21,302 7–8–1 15 Recap 17 November 9 Minnesota 3–0 Montreal Lindgren 21,302 7–9–1 15 Recap 18 November 11 Buffalo 1–2 Montreal OT Lindgren 21,302 8–9–1 17 Recap 19 November 14 Columbus 2–1 Montreal OT Lindgren 21,302 8–9–2 18 Recap 20 November 16 Arizona 5–4 Montreal Lindgren 21,302 8–10–2 18 Recap 21 November 18 Toronto 6–0 Montreal Lindgren 21,302 8–11–2 18 Recap 22 November 21 Montreal 1–3 Dallas Lindgren 18,532 8–12–2 18 Recap 23 November 22 Montreal 2–3 Nashville SO Niemi 17,113 8–12–3 19 Recap 24 November 25 Buffalo 0–3 Montreal Price 21,302 9–12–3 21 Recap 25 November 27 Columbus 1–3 Montreal Price 21,302 10–12–3 23 Recap 26 November 29 Ottawa 1–2 Montreal Price 21,302 11–12–3 25 Recap 27 November 30 Montreal 6–3 Detroit Price 19,515 12–12–3 27 Recap
December: 4–7–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 2–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 2 Detroit 1–10 Montreal Price 21,302 13–12–3 29 Recap 29 December 5 St. Louis 4–3 Montreal Price 21,302 13–13–3 29 Recap 30 December 7 Calgary 3–2 Montreal OT Price 21,302 13–13–4 30 Recap 31 December 9 Edmonton 6–2 Montreal Price 21,302 13–14–4 30 Recap 32 December 14 New Jersey 1–2 Montreal OT Price 21,302 14–14–4 32 Recap 33 December 16 Montreal 0–3 Ottawa Price 33,959 (outdoors) 14–15–4 32 Recap 34 December 19 Montreal 7–5 Vancouver Price 18,865 15–15–4 34 Recap 35 December 22 Montreal 3–2 Calgary Price 19,289 16–15–4 36 Recap 36 December 23 Montreal 1–4 Edmonton Niemi 18,347 16–16–4 36 Recap 37 December 27 Montreal 1–3 Carolina Price 14,880 16–17–4 36 Recap 38 December 28 Montreal 1–3 Tampa Bay Price 19,092 16–18–4 36 Recap 39 December 30 Montreal 0–2 Florida Price 18,013 16–19–4 36 Recap
January: 4–5–2 (Home: 3–3–2 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 San Jose 4–1 Montreal Price 21,302 16–20–4 36 Recap 41 January 4 Tampa Bay 1–2 Montreal SO Price 21,302 17–20–4 38 Recap 42 January 7 Vancouver 2–5 Montreal Price 21,302 18–20–4 40 Recap 43 January 13 Boston 4–3 Montreal SO Price 21,302 18–20–5 41 Recap 44 January 15 NY Islanders 5–4 Montreal OT Price 21,302 18–20–6 42 Recap 45 January 17 Montreal 1–4 Boston Price 17,565 18–21–6 42 Recap 46 January 19 Montreal 3–2 Washington Niemi 18,506 19–21–6 44 Recap 47 January 20 Boston 4–1 Montreal Price 21,302 19–22–6 44 Recap 48 January 23 Colorado 2–4 Montreal Price 21,302 20–22–6 46 Recap 49 January 25 Carolina 6–5 Montreal Price 21,302 20–23–6 46 Recap 50 January 30 Montreal 1–3 St. Louis Price 18,149 20–24–6 46 Recap
February: 4–5–4 (Home: 4–0–3 ; Road: 0–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Montreal 0–2 Carolina Price 11,953 20–25–6 46 Recap 52 February 3 Anaheim 2–5 Montreal Niemi 21,302 21–25–6 48 Recap 53 February 4 Ottawa 1–4 Montreal Price 21,302 22–25–6 50 Recap 54 February 8 Montreal 3–5 Philadelphia Price 19,655 22–26–6 50 Recap 55 February 10 Nashville 3–2 Montreal SO Price 21,302 22–26–7 51 Recap 56 February 14 Montreal 0–2 Colorado Niemi 14,928 22–27–7 51 Recap 57 February 15 Montreal 2–5 Arizona Price 11,489 22–28–7 51 Recap 58 February 17 Montreal 3–6 Vegas Price 18,122 22–29–7 51 Recap 59 February 20 Montreal 2–3 Philadelphia OT Price 19,336 22–29–8 52 Recap 60 February 22 NY Rangers 1–3 Montreal Niemi 21,302 23–29–8 54 Recap 61 February 24 Tampa Bay 4–3 Montreal SO Niemi 21,302 23–29–9 55 Recap 62 February 26 Philadelphia 1–0 Montreal SO Lindgren 21,302 23–29–10 56 Recap 63 February 28 NY Islanders 1–3 Montreal Niemi 21,302 24–29–10 58 Recap
March: 4–9–2 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–6–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 Montreal 6–3 NY Islanders Lindgren 10,685 25–29–10 60 Recap 65 March 3 Montreal 1–2 Boston OT Niemi 17,565 25–29–11 61 Recap 66 March 6 Montreal 4–6 New Jersey Lindgren 14,586 25–30–11 61 Recap 67 March 8 Montreal 0–5 Florida Lindgren 14,901 25–31–11 61 Recap 68 March 10 Montreal 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Niemi 19,092 25–31–12 62 Recap 69 March 12 Montreal 2–5 Columbus Lindgren 15,864 25–32–12 62 Recap 70 March 13 Dallas 2–4 Montreal Niemi 21,302 26–32–12 64 Recap 71 March 15 Pittsburgh 5–3 Montreal Niemi 21,302 26–33–12 64 Recap 72 March 17 Montreal 0–4 Toronto Lindgren 19,364 26–34–12 64 Recap 73 March 19 Florida 2–0 Montreal Niemi 21,302 26–35–12 64 Recap 74 March 21 Montreal 3–5 Pittsburgh Price 18,574 26–36–12 64 Recap 75 March 23 Montreal 3–0 Buffalo Niemi 18,594 27–36–12 66 Recap 76 March 24 Washington 6–4 Montreal Price 21,302 27–37–12 66 Recap 77 March 26 Detroit 2–4 Montreal Price 21,302 28–37–12 68 Recap 78 March 31 Montreal 2–5 Pittsburgh Niemi 18,636 28–38–12 68 Recap
April: 1–2–1 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 New Jersey 2–1 Montreal Price 21,302 28–39–12 68 Recap 80 April 3 Winnipeg 5–4 Montreal OT Price 21,302 28–39–13 69 Recap 81 April 5 Montreal 4–3 Detroit Niemi 19,515 29–39–13 71 Recap 82 April 7 Montreal 2–4 Toronto Price 19,525 29–40–13 71 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final[4]

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Brendan Gallagher	82	31	23	54	−13	34
Alex Galchenyuk	82	19	32	51	−31	22
Jonathan Drouin	77	13	33	46	−28	30
Jeff Petry	82	12	30	42	−30	28
Max Pacioretty	64	17	20	37	−16	30
Paul Byron	82	20	15	35	−4	23
Charles Hudon	72	10	20	30	−12	38
Phillip Danault	52	8	17	25	0	34
Tomas Plekanec^‡	60	6	18	24	3	39
Artturi Lehkonen	66	12	9	21	−11	20
Andrew Shaw	51	10	10	20	−8	53
Shea Weber	26	6	10	16	−8	14
Daniel Carr	38	6	10	16	2	8
Jordie Benn	77	4	11	15	−2	34
Nicolas Deslauriers	58	10	4	14	7	55
Jacob de la Rose	55	4	8	12	−2	29
Karl Alzner	82	1	11	12	−7	40
Joe Morrow^‡	38	5	6	11	−11	26
Byron Froese	48	3	8	11	0	26
Mike Reilly^†	19	0	8	8	1	8
Victor Mete	49	0	7	7	5	4
Nikita Scherbak	26	4	2	6	−5	8
Logan Shaw^†	30	2	4	6	−5	8
David Schlemko	37	1	4	5	3	6
Jakub Jerabek^‡	25	1	3	4	−1	6
Noah Juulsen	23	1	2	3	1	4
Kerby Rychel	4	1	1	2	−2	2
Brandon Davidson^‡	13	0	1	1	−3	9
Michael McCarron	18	0	1	1	−1	32
Brett Lernout	18	0	1	1	−5	6
Rinat Valiev	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Streit	2	0	0	0	−2	0
Ales Hemsky	7	0	0	0	−1	10
Torrey Mitchell^‡	11	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular season[4]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Carey Price	49	48	2,854:37	16	26	7	148	3.11	1487	.900	1	0	0	0
Antti Niemi^†	19	17	1,026:16	7	5	4	42	2.46	592	.929	1	0	0	0
Charlie Lindgren	14	14	832:58	4	8	2	42	3.03	457	.908	2	0	0	2
Al Montoya^‡	4	3	222:31	2	1	0	14	3.77	102	.863	0	0	1	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Canadiens. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canadiens only.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded	Ref
Carey Price	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 4, 2017	[5]
Carey Price	NHL All-Star Game selection	January 10, 2018	[6]

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached	Ref
Victor Mete	1st career NHL game	October 5, 2017	[7]
Karl Alzner	100th career NHL assist	October 14, 2017	[8]
Victor Mete	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	October 17, 2017	[9]
Jonathan Drouin	100th career NHL point	October 17, 2017	[9]
Brendan Gallagher	100th career NHL assist	October 24, 2017	[10]
Karl Alzner	600th career NHL game	October 24, 2017	[11]
Andrew Shaw	400th career NHL game	October 26, 2017	[12]
Charles Hudon	1st career NHL goal	October 30, 2017	[13]
Charlie Lindgren	1st career NHL shutout	November 5, 2017	[14]
Paul Byron	300th career NHL game	November 14, 2017	[15]
Jakub Jerabek	1st career NHL game	November 22, 2017	[16]
Brendan Gallagher	200th career NHL point	November 27, 2017	[17]
Paul Byron	1st career NHL hat-trick	December 2, 2017	[18]
Brendan Gallagher	100th career NHL goal	December 2, 2017	[18]
Shea Weber	500th career NHL point	December 5, 2017	[19]
Max Pacioretty	600th career NHL game	December 28, 2017	[20]
Jonathan Drouin	200th career NHL game	January 4, 2018	[21]
Alex Galchenyuk	100th career NHL goal	January 13, 2018	[22]
Artturi Lehkonen	100th career NHL game	January 13, 2018	[22]
Jakub Jerabek	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	January 15, 2018	[23]
Jakub Jerabek	1st career NHL goal	January 17, 2018	[24]
Tomas Plekanec	600th career NHL point	February 4, 2018	[25]
Jeff Petry	500th career NHL game	February 10, 2018	[26]
Joe Morrow	100th career NHL game	February 17, 2018	[27]
Noah Juulsen	1st career NHL game	February 22, 2018	[28]
Byron Froese	100th career NHL game	February 28, 2018	[29]
Jacob de la Rose	100th career NHL game	February 28, 2018	[29]
Noah Juulsen	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	March 2, 2018	[30]
Alex Galchenyuk	400th career NHL game	March 2, 2018	[30]
Brendan Gallagher	400th career NHL game	March 24, 2018	[31]
Noah Juulsen	1st career NHL assist	March 26, 2018	[32]
Mike Reilly	100th career NHL game	April 1, 2018	[33]

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades Date Details Ref June 22, 2017 To Vegas Golden Knights 5th-round pick in 2019 To Montreal Canadiens David Schlemko [34] October 4, 2017 To Buffalo Sabres Zach Redmond To Montreal Canadiens Nicolas Deslauriers [35] October 4, 2017 To Chicago Blackhawks Andreas Martinsen To Montreal Canadiens Kyle Baun [36] November 23, 2017 To Los Angeles Kings Torrey Mitchell To Montreal Canadiens Conditional 5th-round draft pick in 2018 [37] November 30, 2017 To New York Rangers Peter Holland To Montreal Canadiens Adam Cracknell [38] January 4, 2018 To Edmonton Oilers Al Montoya To Montreal Canadiens Conditional 4th-round draft pick in 2018 [39] February 21, 2018 To Washington Capitals Jakub Jerabek To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round draft pick in 2019 [40] February 25, 2018 To Toronto Maple Leafs Kyle Baun Tomas Plekanec^[Note 1] To Montreal Canadiens Kerby Rychel Rinat Valiev 2nd-round pick in 2018 [41] February 26, 2018 To Winnipeg Jets Joe Morrow To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2018 [42] February 26, 2018 To Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2019 To Montreal Canadiens Mike Reilly [43] June 15, 2018 To Arizona Coyotes Alex Galchenyuk To Montreal Canadiens Max Domi [44] Notes: ^Note 1 Montreal to retain 50% of salary as part of trade. Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2017 Karl Alzner Washington Capitals 5-year, $23.125 million [45] July 1, 2017 Peter Holland Arizona Coyotes 2-year, $1.35 million [46] July 1, 2017 Byron Froese Tampa Bay Lightning 2-year, $1.3 million [47] July 1, 2017 Matt Taormina Tampa Bay Lightning 2-year, $1.3 million two-way contract [48] July 1, 2017 Joe Morrow Boston Bruins 1-year, $650,000 [49] July 3, 2017 Ales Hemsky Dallas Stars 1-year, $1 million [50] July 25, 2017 Mark Streit Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year, $700,000 [51] March 25, 2018 Hayden Verbeek Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 3-year, $2.33 million entry-level contract [52] April 24, 2018 Alexandre Alain Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3-year, $2.33 million entry-level contract [53] May 28, 2018 Michal Moravcik HC Plzeň 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract [54] May 28, 2018 David Sklenicka HC Plzeň 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract [54] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 26, 2017 Ryan Johnston Luleå HF 2-year [55] July 1, 2017 Joel Hanley Arizona Coyotes 1-year, $725,000 two-way contract [56] July 1, 2017 Brian Flynn Dallas Stars 1-year, $700,000 two-way contract [57] July 1, 2017 Keegan Lowe Edmonton Oilers 1-year, $650,000 two-way contract [58] July 1, 2017 Stefan Matteau Vegas Golden Knights 1-year, $650,000 two-way contract [59] July 3, 2017 Alexander Radulov Dallas Stars 5-year, $31.25 million [60] July 6, 2017 Nikita Nesterov CSKA Moscow 3-year [61] July 28, 2017 Andrei Markov Ak Bars Kazan 2-year [62] August 4, 2017 Dalton Thrower Allen Americans 2-year [63] August 14, 2017 Dwight King Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2-year [64] August 17, 2017 Connor Crisp Toledo Walleye 1-year [65] September 5, 2017 Mark MacMillan Wichita Thunder Unknown [66] June 8, 2018 Markus Eisenschmid Adler Mannheim 2-year [67] Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref Antti Niemi Florida Panthers November 14, 2017 [68] Logan Shaw Anaheim Ducks January 15, 2018 [69] Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref Brandon Davidson Edmonton Oilers December 3, 2017 [70] Players released Date Player Via Ref October 16, 2017 Mark Streit Contract termination [71] October 29, 2017 Martin Reway Contract termination [72] Lost via Expansion Draft Date Player Ref June 21, 2017 Alexei Emelin [73] Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 28, 2017 Jacob de la Rose 1-year, $725,000 contract extension [74] July 2, 2017 Carey Price 8-year, $84 million contract extension [75] July 5, 2017 Alex Galchenyuk 3-year, $14.7 million contract extension [76] July 6, 2017 Charlie Lindgren 1-year, $700,000 two-way contract extension [77] February 13, 2018 Charlie Lindgren 3-year, $2.25 million contract extension [78] February 19, 2018 Nicolas Deslauriers 2-year, $1.9 million contract extension [79] March 7, 2018 William Bitten 3-year, $2.73 million entry-level contract [80] March 7, 2018 Michael Pezzetta 3-year, $2.23 million entry-level contract [80] April 9, 2018 Jake Evans 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract [81] May 2, 2018 Lukas Vejdemo 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract [82] May 22, 2018 Antti Niemi 1-year, $950,000 contract extension [83] May 31, 2018 Rinat Valiev 1-year, $650,000 two-way contract extension [84] June 16, 2018 Max Domi 2-year, $6.3 million contract extension [85] Draft picks Below are the Montreal Canadiens' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago. 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